Author: Rhys Gregory

GlobalWelsh, Wales’ grassroots diaspora community organisation, announces that Dr. Sarah Louisa Birchley has joined the board. Based in Tokyo, Sarah is a leading professor of transnational entrepreneurship in Japan, currently at Toyo Gakuen University in Tokyo, and business consultant specialising in international trade and intercultural communication. Born and raised in Cwmbran, a former student of Croesyceiliog School, Sarah left the UK and relocated to Japan 18 years ago. It was there that she embarked on her successful academic career. Specialising in management and entrepreneurship, Sarah has conducted a number of extensive global research projects, written a number of peer-reviewed papers…

Morrisons this week will cut and hold down the price of over 400 of the most popular items to make good food affordable for families this autumn. With the UK now in recession and some family budgets under pressure, Morrisons will reduce the prices of the 400 essentials by an average of 23 per cent. Morrisons has already cut the price of over 800 customer favourites across its stores since last year. This week’s cuts will span Morrisons fresh food, store cupboard staples and cleaning. Products will include fruit and veg, meat and poultry, bread and cornflakes, rice and pasta,…

There is just one week left to invest in Wales-based immersive technology in healthcare pioneer Rescape Innovation, who have already raised over £350K through Crowdcube. The Crowdcube fundraise, launched last month, smashed their first goal within hours of public launch, with significant pledges already secured from doctors, health tech experts, business and academic leaders, and Development Bank of Wales. Through Crowdcube, Rescape now has the opportunity to overfund, giving investors a stake from as little as £11.76 in a fast-moving sector that has really shown its value during the pandemic. Richard Twomey, Ex-CEO Mölnlyck said: “Having led international medical technology…

A bakery’s iconic Welsh Cakes have been chosen for a starring role in a food-related royal virtual tour of the UK. The Wrexham-based Village Bakery has featured on the social media channels of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, looking back at their previous visit to the bakery and highlighting the bakery’s traditional Welsh Cakes recipe. The exact recipe used by the Village Bakery is top secret but one very similar to the real McCoy was posted so people can have a go at making their own versions of the mouth-watering griddle cakes. According…

Swansea University has achieved its highest ever rank in any UK league table after rising from 31st to 24th in the Guardian University Guide 2021. This latest ranking places Swansea University as a UK top 25 institution and as the top university in Wales for the second year running. The Guardian University Guide has established itself as a key league table for UK universities and is one of the top choices for people around the world when deciding which university is right for them. The latest Guide features league tables ranking universities on a number of criteria, including student satisfaction…

An award-winning outdoor arts and environment festival, shaped by the landscape of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is set to return this September with a re-imagined programme of performances, art, live music, talks and workshops. The Wye Valley River Festival will be taking place predominantly online from Monday September 21st to Sunday 27th September 2020 with a focus on the theme of Time. The biennial outdoor arts and environment festival works with communities, local and internationally acclaimed artists to bring bespoke performances, events and installations to the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The coronavirus pandemic meant the…

Eighties slasher movie franchise Friday the 13th may have inspired the deadly killing spree of North Wales cinema owner Peter Moore, according to the man who put him behind bars for life. Moore’s three-month rampage across North Wales in the course of which he killed four men, stabbing them to death and mutilating their bodies, began 25 years ago this month. Shedding fresh light on the brutal murders by the gay killer is a new book, The Man in Black: Peter Moore, Wales’ Worst Serial Killer, by Moore’s solicitor, Dylan Rhys Jones. With Mr Jones, alongside him, Moore, a softly…

After a successful month of screenings, Street Food Cinema, Cardiff’s first dedicated drive-in movie and street-food experience, has been extended into September and October. A new run of movies has been released for September, with tickets now on sale for classics like Pretty Woman, Thelma & Louise, Blade Runner and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. For October, the Street Food Cinema team is planning a two-week Halloween Horror Film Festival. The Street Food Cinema concept combines drive-in cinema with a local independent street food offering which this month will include Hot Damn Wings, Smoking Griddle, Who Cult Donuts, Franks and…

RSPCA Cymru is celebrating news that the Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill has been given Royal Assent. A Royal Assent ceremony took place yesterday (7 September), with the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths and First Minister Mark Drakeford present. The law is set to come into force on 1 December. The legislation follows some 14 years of campaigning by the RSPCA, since the relevant powers were devolved to Wales – and will make it an offence to perform or exhibit a wild animal in a travelling circus. Polling commissioned by the charity revealed that 74…

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s FREE town centre Wi-Fi scheme is now available in Porth and Treorchy town centres. Thanks to the next phase of the extension of the scheme, shoppers, businesses and visitors to both town centres can now enjoy the free public-access Wi-Fi scheme. Following on from the successful rollout of the pilot to Aberdare Town Centre, and subsequent extensions to Mountain Ash and Ferndale, five of the County’s town centres now have free public-access to the Council’s Wi-Fi. This represents further progress on the Council’s commitment to make the scheme available in seven town centres across the County…